Structure › Body
Filed Sep 23, 2025CA
Door handle failure. Well known issue. Internal door actuator commonly fails, causing you to be unable to open the door whether you are inside or outside the vehicle. Repair is also rather expensive.
2018 Lexus LC
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsUnknown or Other
Filed Aug 8, 2025NV
Door actuator motor failed and door doesn’t open. Known in forums that it’s a bad design where water from washing or rain leaks and corrodes the actuators leaving failed doors from opening.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.